Lu Guan: "Aristocrats, especially doctors, are mostly spineless. Many of these people are patriotic relics, and now that it has only been a few years, they have forgotten their former origins. However, on the one hand, this shows that my father's strategy for governing Henan County is appropriate, and on the other hand, it also reminds us that for aristocratic doctors, you can't use people who have milk and are mothers."

Lu Di didn't say anything, but looked at Lu Wen, who thought for a while and said, "Father, from these conversations of the gentry, the child has come to this truth: that is, the gentry are concerned about nothing more than survival and entertainment. ”

"Survival, the gentry have their own land, slaves, servants, tenants, these are enough for them to survive, all we rulers have to do is do nothing; As for entertainment, this needs to be channeled. Because of carelessness in entertainment, the big ones can overturn the country, and the small ones can lose their families."

Lu Wen's words were heavy, and Lu Di didn't speak, because he was savoring what his second son said.

At this time, Lu Qu interjected: "In that case, why let the gentry pursue entertainment, wouldn't it be better if they were to struggle for survival every day? ”

As soon as these words came out, everyone looked at Lu Qu in shock, and even Lu Qu himself felt that he was talking nonsense, and his face couldn't help but turn red. Lu Di still didn't speak, and replied to Lu Wen: "Big brother, if everyone fights for survival all day long, what is the difference between them and slaves?" ”

"Entertainment is the pursuit of the human heart, just like water flowing down to a low place. If we block it, the water will overflow, and even eventually collapse, and the consequence of the collapse will probably be the destruction of the Qi Kingdom......"

"But doesn't entertainment break people's hearts? If people's hearts are bad, what is the difference between them and gradually moving towards the destruction of the country? ”

"This?"

"Therefore, it is better to make the life of the gentry tighter, so that they know that if they do not work hard every day, they will be oppressed by others to catch up, so that their attention will not be on endangering the country's society."

……

The father and son were on the country road, talking as they walked. Of course, the vast majority of them are listening to Lu Di.

Zuo Qiu Ming followed behind, pricked up his ears and listened quietly, and took out a booklet from time to time to record.

After the three of them returned to their respective carriages, Lu Di sat upright and thought about it: the boss, brave and strong, able to change mistakes, and has the air of a big man; The second child, although he lacks courage and determination, is fortunate to consider things comprehensively; It's just the two of them, hey, Lu Di sighed in his heart, and then lowered the curtain and let Xiong Yiyi drive.

This conversation between the father and son and the brother was later recorded in Zuo Qiuming's private notes as a "Vertical Talk". Praised by scholars.

Chu State, Yun Mengze, steaming thousands of miles vast.

King Zhao of Chu's 100,000 army and Bai Gongsheng's 150,000 army confronted each other.

The civil war in the state of Chu has been fought for seven years, and there is still no winner or loser. At this time, Bai Gongsheng and Youxiong Zhen were both anxious, because they knew that if such an infighting continued, I was afraid that even if the Chu State was completely taken by one side, it would be just a rotten ship full of holes in the end.

King Chu Zhao was already worried about Hua at this time, but in the face of the current situation, he had no choice. can only resist hard, after all, it is absolutely impossible to let him give up the position of king.

On this day, he went out to hunt in the mountains and distracted, but he got lost halfway and entered a bamboo forest outside the world.

There was an old man with pale hair who was slaughtering sheep, and King Chu Zhao was overjoyed, and hurriedly led people forward to ask for directions.

The old man was stunned when he saw King Chu Zhao, and then laughed, King Chu Zhao didn't know why, the old man said: "Yesterday, the magpie scum of the bamboo head said that there was a distinguished guest arriving today, and I wanted to kill the white sheep to wait, but the white sheep was not finished killed, and the distinguished guest arrived."

When the generals under the command of King Chu Zhao heard this, their faces changed drastically, and their hands subconsciously pressed the sword in their hands and were about to pull it out. King Chu Zhao's eyes lit up when he heard this, and he said in his heart that he might have met a master, so he hurriedly stopped everyone, then tidied up his clothes, and bowed respectfully: "Sir, God counts, the boy has a bear to meet Mr." ”

The old man who slaughtered the sheep was not shocked in the slightest when he heard the name of Xiong Zhen, but laughed, and then continued to busy his work on the sheep slaughter.

Seeing this, the guards and soldiers were furious, and they wanted to step forward to reprimand them, after all, it was unbearable for the mountain village to see the king so rude.

Seeing this, Youxiong Zhen glared at the guards viciously and told them not to move. The army will hold back their anger and dare not speak, and can only look at the old man who slaughtered the sheep with angry eyes.

There is a bear and a good baby standing aside and waiting quietly.

The old man slaughtering the sheep is very skillful, whether it is blowing the sheepskin or scraping the intestines, it is all done in one go. Soon, the sheep was demeated.

A bear came to the old man with a wooden basin full of clean water and asked the old man to wash off the blood stains on his hands. The old man did not refuse, and washed the blood off his hands.

Seeing this, the soldiers of the king of Chu were wide-eyed, surprised, and extremely angry. This, this? That's rude, isn't it? You are the king, how can you do such a servant thing for a mountain villager? And the damned villager, it's rude for you to treat him like this knowing that the person in front of you is the king!

But seeing that his king didn't say anything, he could only sulk.

After washing his blood-stained hands, the old man spoke: "Nothing in this world is clean, and so is the human heart."

"Water can wash away the blood stains on your hands, but the blood stains in people's hearts cannot be washed away by water purity. Now the king wants to wash away the blood stains in his heart with water, but he is not wise! ”

When Xiong Zhen heard the old man's words that seemed to mean something, his heart fluttered wildly, and he looked at the old man with great anticipation in his eyes.

"My Majesty, do you know why I was able to kill this Aries so quickly?" The old man changed the subject and said with a smile.

Some bears shook their heads, and the old man said, "Just because I know where the lifeblood of Aries is......"

The old man said that he invited a bear to enter the grass house. All the servants hurriedly followed.

The sun sets, shining into the forest evening.

King Chu Zhao walked out of the grass house, bowed to the old man, and then walked away with the people.

A month later, Bai Gongsheng led the army into Yingdu, but in the middle of the night, the soldiers mutinied, Shen Zhuliang led the army into Yingdu, Tang Chenggong was killed, and Dou Huai protected Bai Gongsheng and fled to the mountains and forests.

Ye Gong Shen Zhuliang chased after him, captured Dou Huai alive, but did not see Bai Gongsheng, forced Dou Huai, Dou Huai would rather die than say, Shen Zhuliang did not dare to be self-dictatorated, on the one hand, he continued to send troops to pursue Bai Gongsheng, on the other hand, he led the army eastward, preparing to meet the army of Qi led by Duanmu Ci.

When King Chu Zhao saw Dou Huai, his expression was complicated, and he did not kill him, but handed him over to Dou Huai's brother Dou Xin.

Dou Xin said: "His family swore allegiance to Da Chu, and he never thought that his rebellion was a misfortune for his family." Without waiting for King Chu Zhao to react, he took a sword and killed Dou Huai, and then threw himself on Dou Huai's corpse and cried.

King Chu Zhao asked Dou Xin why he was like this? Dou Xin said: "If my brother disobeys the king, he should die; As an elder brother, he killed his younger brother, which is not cowardly. ”

King Chu Zhao sighed when he heard this: "Yun Gong (Dou Xin) is the only person in the world who has achieved both loyalty and loyalty!" After speaking, he ordered someone to bury him.

Although he did not catch Youxiong Sheng (Bai Gongsheng), the biggest civil strife in Chu had been resolved, and King Zhao of Chu was very happy, and he asked the "Three Tigers of the Yang Family" to collect Bai Gongsheng's defeated army, form a penition army, and march east to aid Shen Zhuliang.

For a time, the morale of the Chu army that confronted Yun Mengze with the Qi State was greatly boosted, Duanmuci and Shen Zhuliang attacked each other three times, Duanmuci was defeated three times, and the rainy season was coming, so Duanmuci had no choice but to lead the Qi army to retreat to the city captured from Bai Gongsheng to defend.

King Chu Zhao was overjoyed when he got the Qi army to retreat, and when he feasted his ministers, he remembered the old man who sacrificed his plan to destroy Bai Gongsheng, so he went to find the old man in person the next day.

After finding the old man's cottage, he found that the man had gone to the cottage, leaving only the sheepskin left after the slaughter of the white sheep. The sheepskin reads: The king bows his head for the old decay, and the grace is enough!

There are only these simple thirteen words, but King Chu Zhao touched this white sheepskin with his hand for a long time, and he couldn't speak.

"King, what's the name of this old gentleman?" Shen Zhuliang asked curiously.

When King Chu Zhao came here, Shen Zhuliang was not there, so he didn't know.

"His name?" King Chu Zhao was stunned by Shen Zhuliang's question, and he suddenly realized that he didn't even know the name of his benefactor, and after a long time, a bear said: "Hey, just call him to slaughter sheep!" ”

Yan Yan put his eyes into the secluded bamboo forest, and the magpies on it were originally chirping from the scum, but when King Chu Zhao came with the eyes of Xiong Zhen, they spread their wings and flew away......